TRIBUNE CHEERS & JEERS: Oct. 21, 2009

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October 21, 2009

Anonymous The News and Tribune Wed Oct 21, 2009, 01:47 AM EDT

CHEERS

... to former Georgetown Fire Chief James Kron, whose reputation and name will live on through the James E. Kron Training Tower at the town's fire headquarters. He helped secure the state grant to improve the tower, and the scores of people that showed up on a blustery day Saturday showed the impact he made.

— Tribune staff

... to The Tribune’s Facebook page (visit our homepage and click on the link on the right) passing 500 fans this weekend. Thank you to those that have chosen to keep our readership growing. Add those 500 to the 700 people receiving our daily news headlines from the Web site and our online readership significantly while our print audience continues to grow in Floyd County. That’s an uncommon occurrence in the newspaper industry and we’re happy that our editorial and advertising content is appealing to all types of readers.

— Tribune publisher Steve Kozarovich

JEERS

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